{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 175/1917-03-27/p021","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Now this evolutionary period is far from concluded for it coincides with an important impulse in the development of Western civilization. And because, in the course of the twentieth century, many changes will be wrought which we must be aware of if we wish to understand our present epoch, I must refer to this period once again. Originally (if such a word may be used of something that has arisen in comparatively recent times) the being of man was divided into body, soul and spirit. The course of evolution was such that by the ninth century it had become possible to abolish the spirit. But matters did not rest there. These important changes are simply overlooked today. The complete transformation of thinking by Saint-Martin, for example, has been completely ignored hitherto. Having abolished the spirit, matters did not end there. There is now a growing tendency to abolish the soul in its turn. As yet only the first steps in this direction have been taken; but today the time is ripe for the abolition of the soul. But man fails to recognize contemporary tendencies which are of decisive importance. Already powerful evolutionary impulses are at work which are preparing to abolish the soul.[^7] There will be no need to summon Councils as in the ninth century. Things are done differently today. I must repeat that I have no wish to criticize, I merely place the facts before you.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Lecture I","site_heading":"Reality-Based Thinking and the Spirit's Suppression","site_heading_note":"A heading the site wrote for this unit from a summary of it; not in the edition, and not the words of Rudolf Steiner or of the translator. 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Die christlichen Theologen des Mittelalters, die noch mitten drinnen lebten in den fortlaufenden Traditionen — denn eigentlich war es nur rechtgläubige Kirchenlehre, daß der Mensch aus Leib und Seele besteht, während die Alchimisten und die anderen Leute, die noch mit den alten Traditionen vertraut waren, selbstverständlich wußten, daß der Mensch aus Leib, Seele und Geist besteht -, sie wußten außerordentlich schwer den Weg zu finden, rechtgläubig zu sein auf der einen Seite und auf der anderen Seite doch anerkennen zu müssen, daß hinter den ketzerischen Lehren, die überall lebten von der Gliederung des Menschen in Leib, Seele und Geist, etwas steckt. Wir sehen überall, wie sich gerade die christlichen Theologen des Mittelalters wenden und drehen und nicht zurechtkommen, um, wie sie sagten, die sogenannte Trichotomie, die Gliederung des Menschen in drei Teile, zu vermeiden. Wer die christliche Theologie des Mittelalters nicht auf diese Schwierigkeiten hin, welche die Theologie hatte, die Trichotomie zu vermeiden, studiert, der kann sie überhaupt gar nicht verstehen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":190,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/175/1917-03-27/p021"},{"locus":"GA 175/1917-03-27/p022","passage_number":22,"text":"Nun ist aber diese Entwickelung, die damit angedeutet ist, noch lange nicht abgeschlossen, denn sie entspricht einem außerordentlich wichtigen Impulse in der abendländischen Kulturentwickelung. Und weil im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert sich so manches abspielen wird, von dem man wissen muß, wenn man die jetzige Zeit verstehen will, so muß auch auf dieses wieder hingewiesen werden. Sehen Sie, ursprünglich - also wenn wir dasjenige, was in dieser verhältnismäßig späteren Zeit entstanden ist, «ursprünglich» nennen -, gliederte man den Menschen in Leib, Seele und Geist. Die Entwickelung war so weit gediehen, daß im neunten Jahrhundert der Geist abgeschafft werden konnte. Nun aber geht die Sache weiter. Man merkt sie nur heute noch nicht ordentlich, weil man ja überhaupt solche gewichtigen Dinge, wie die ganze Umwandlung des Denkens zum Beispiel von Saint-Martin bis heute gar nicht ins Auge faßt. Die Sache geht weiter, und es ist nicht allein damit getan, daß der Geist nur abgeschafft worden ist, die Menschheit tendiert dahin, auch die Seele abzuschaffen. Nach dieser Richtung sind ja bis jetzt nur Präliminarien geschehen, Vorboten, aber die Zeit ist heute schon reif auch für das Abschaffen der Seele. Nur macht sich der Mensch solche wichtigen Tendenzen, die in der Zeit liegen, nicht klar. Wir haben schon gewichtige Entwickelungsmomente, welche vorbereiten das Abschaffen der Seele. Konzilien wird man ja nicht so wie im neunten Jahrhundert veranstalten, die Dinge vollziehen sich heute anders. Ich muß immer wieder bemerken: ich kritisiere diese Dinge nicht, ich stelle nur die Tatsachen vor Ihre Seele.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":246,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/175/1917-03-27/p022"}],"english":["GA 175/1917-03-27/p020","GA 175/1917-03-27/p021"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":436,"en_words":371,"ratio":0.85,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":0.97,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":6812,"original_word_count":7035,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"A. H. 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